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It means you should call a licensed electrician to fix it immediately.

If you didn't already know that, you personally have no business around electricity.

While the above answer is true to an extent, there is a better answer.

The sizzling in a wall socket and lights dimming means you have a short in the circuit, usually in the switch itself.

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